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漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

割: proportion, comparatively

Also: divide, cut, separate, split

JLPT N312 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

刂 carries the meaning · 害 gives the sound

12 strokes

Six readings, and the words that use each

カツkatsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 割愛するかつあいするomit, leave out, spare
  • 分割するぶんかつするpartition, divide, separate

わるwaru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 割るわるdivide, break, crack [v.t.]

わりwari · kun'yomi

  • 割合わりあいrate, ratio, proportion
  • 一割いちわりten percent
  • 役割やくわりpart, role, duties
  • 割とわりとrelatively, comparatively

わりwari · kun'yomi

  • 割り勘わりかんshared expenses
  • 割り算わりざんdivision
  • 割り引くわりびくdiscount [v.t.]

われるwareru · kun'yomi

  • 割れるわれるbreak, split, crack [v.i.]

さくsaku · kun'yomi

  • 割くさくsplit, rend, cut, spare (time)

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)害 (sound) + 刀, as 刂 (meaning)

Source: Wiktionary, 割 (rev. 93647931), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Damaged (害) + knife (⺉). To take something and use a "knife" to "divide" it into sections, often resulting in a "cut" or split.”
From the ⺉ knife story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
害

Also built on harm (害)

割 takes the 害 family's reading, カツ (katsu).

刂

Also built on knife (刂)

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Also read カツ

8 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gē

Same form: 割 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
割 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
割 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin gē most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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